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Originally Posted by amac209
replace the fuel filter. i bet it's plugged up solid.you might need a special tool to get it off, some of the older ones had plastic tabs that just pop off. if you have a metal clip on wither side of the filter buy a quick disconect tool that. you need the metal tool with 2 sizes, looks kind of like scissors, spray the fittings with wd-40 before trying to remove it. oh yeah the filter is located in the drivers side frame rail. good luck!! hope this helps
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I have an 2002 model with the same problem. My wife is the daily driver and noticed this about a month ago. She told me about it and I test drove it to see what the problem was. And like always, It never happened while I drove it. She says the problem has just gotten really bad over the last week or so. That's when it dawned on me to look at the fuel filter. I thought it might be either the fuel delivery or air choking out.
I changed the air filter then the fuel filter. If you read the manual on this, it tells you to change the fuel filter at 35,000 miles. I did this at 60,000. Oops! But it had plenty of flow anyway, as we have never used junk gas.
We went on a trip to the lakes today and I noticed that it did it mostly when under load going up hills, not at a higher RPM. It did it as well at low speeds and rpm's going up hill. I'm at a loss.
I took the cowlling off to listen for a misidle. The engine ran persistant without any hesitation until under load. Now, I'm starting to think it might be something electrical or even a vacuum problem.
I have no idea. Anyone have anything new?